European Council Decision (EU) 2023/2061 of 22 September 2023 establishing the composition of the European Parliament
European Council Decision (EU) 2023/2061 of 22 September 2023 establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Decision (EU) 2023/2061 · Decision · 5 articles
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In the application of Article 14(2) TEU, the following principles shall be respected:
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the total number of seats in the European Parliament shall not exceed 750 in number, plus the President;
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the allocation of seats to Member States shall be degressively proportional with a minimum threshold of six seats and a maximum threshold of 96 seats per Member State, while reflecting as closely as possible the sizes of the respective populations of the Member States;
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degressive proportionality is defined as follows: the ratio between the population and the number of seats of each Member State before rounding up or down to the nearest whole number is to vary in relation to their respective populations in such a way that each Member of the European Parliament from a more populous Member State represents more citizens than each Member of the European Parliament from a less populous Member State and, conversely, that the larger the population of a Member State, the greater its entitlement to a large number of seats in the European Parliament;
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the allocation of seats in the European Parliament is to consider demographic developments in the Member States.
The total population of the Member States is calculated by the Commission (Eurostat) on the basis of data provided by the Member States, in accordance with a method established by means of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) .
The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024–2029 parliamentary term is set as follows:
Belgium
22
Bulgaria
17
Czechia
21
Denmark
15
Germany
96
Estonia
7
Ireland
14
Greece
21
Spain
61
France
81
Croatia
12
Italy
76
Cyprus
6
Latvia
9
Lithuania
11
Luxembourg
6
Hungary
21
Malta
6
Netherlands
31
Austria
20
Poland
53
Portugal
21
Romania
33
Slovenia
9
Slovakia
15
Finland
15
Sweden
21
Sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2029–2034 parliamentary term, and if possible by the end of 2027, the European Parliament shall submit to the European Council, in accordance with Article 14(2) TEU, a proposal for an updated allocation of seats in the European Parliament.
